Under-garment



(No, Model.)

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UNDERGARMENT Patented Jan. 10, 18,82,

NEJERs Phmumagnpm. washington. D. c.

-, t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS B. FAI-mineros, our-MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

UND ER-GA'RM ENT.

'SPCIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 252,201, dated January 10, 1882. l i Application Iilcd January 31,1881. (No model.)

To altwhom it may concern:

Beit known thatI, THOMAS B. FARRINGTON,

' of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Under-Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fu1l,clear, and exact (lescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to woven-cloth undergarments provided ,with knit elastic extremities. It consists, rst, in a pair of cloth drawers having the knit extremities attached to the upper cloth part at or above theknee, or, in

' other words, having the knit portions o f such 5o ent No. 228,748, granted 4to me June `15, 1880.'

length as to cover the calf 5 second, a knit extremity, as described, provided with two more especially contractile parts, one at the ankle and one above the calf; and, third, in a knit end intended to be attached to the arm or sleeve of a cloth garment, the upper margin widened by an increased number of stitches toward the edge, by which it is to be attached to the cloth.

The object of the first feature of the invention is to provide a pair ot' drawers having in the upper portion thedurablequalities pertaining to cloth, while having below the knee the close tit characteristic of the knit garment, and the advantage, therefore, of allowing the stocking to lie smoothly over it and of materially increasing the comfort of thc garment to the wearer.

The object of the second fea-ture mentionednamely,tl1e upper specially contractile portion above the calfis to insure a more perfect iit of the garment to the lower limbs, and to prevent the lengthened knit portion from falling about the calf from being connected with the loose upper partin other words, to give to the knit part extending from the knee downward a support independent of the .upper part of` the garment.

' The object of the third feature of Vmy inven-l tion is to prevent the puckering ot' the clothV part at the point of attachment which resulted from simply stretching out the knit part to the size of the cloth in connecting the two, as heretofore practiced, and as illustrated in the Patboth figures, i

A represents the cloth leg of the garment,-

feature of improvement mentioned above.

The same letter indicates the same part in andB the knit end a-s a whole. In Fig. 1 said knit'portion is shown as comprising the lower a more contractile portion, O, the upper widened portion, D, and the intermediate contractile part, E, located to closely embrace the leghelow the, knee, and cutting oft' from the less contractile part-D the extended calf portion D'.

The line of juncture F of the cloth and knit parts in Fig.`"'1 is located at and preferably a little above the knee, as shown. The garment may therefore closely embrace the leg from the knee downward and enable the stocking to lie smooth over it and without exhibiting those unsightly and uncomfortable folds of the under-garment present when the cloth part A extends to the ankle.

The part E, more contractile than the calf portion D or the higher loosely knit part D, contributes to the. comfort and improved appearance above mentioned, both directly by contracting properly about the smaller part of the leg above the calf and indirectly by supporting thelower portions from slipping down about the ankle, as all knit drawers are inclined to do.

The knit extremity B has been heretofore applied to the larger cloth part A by stretching the upper edge otl said knit portions to the size of the cloth part at the point of attachment F when connecting the two. The result has been that the knit edge when released would contract and pucker the cloth, giving to thegarment a bungling appearance whenv exposed for sale, and also requiring more space in packing from failure to lie smooth in the box. I have therefore gradually widened the upper margin of the knit part D by the addition ot' stitches from a short distance below the edge, so that said edge is substantially (that is, without Special stretching) of the full sizeof thecloth edge to which it is attached, and puckering of said cloth edge is avoided. The

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gradual widening is indicated at e e, w-here the knit portion is here supposed to be joined vertically by a back seam, the knit end B being knit in a fla-t rib and the additional stitches being introduced upon both of the selvage edges until the upper margin without stretching equals in length the edge of the cloth to which it is to be joined.

The cloth and knit parts are preferably united before finally seaming the garment, and the vertical seams of the latter are made continuous with the last and inclined seam ofthe cloth part or body A. rI`he widening of both parts may thus be broughton the same margin of the folded garment, and the whole will lie smooth when lfolded at this inclined seam.

The improvements described, which relate to the widening of the knit end of a partly4 cloth and partly knit garment, are obviously equally applicable Whether the knit portion be long, as shown in Fig. I, or short, as shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 may equally represent a hsleeve and wristlet or a leg and anklet. So, also, the second feature of my invention is equally applicable to a pair of drawers entirely knit..

I claim as my invention- 1. A pair of drawers composed of an upper cloth part,A,and close-tittin g lower knit part, B, joined above the calf, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a pair of drawers having knitextremities extending from the ankle to a pointabove the calf, said extremities having two more contractile parts, one about the ankle and the other about the leg, ata point above the calf and below the knee, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a garment composed of the cloth part A and the knit extremities B, the upper margin of said knit portions enlarged by increase of stitches to practically equal the cloth partI in size, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

4. In a garment composed of a cloth body and knit end, as described, said knit ends produced in a dat web and widened at the top by additional stitches upon the selvage edges to equal the width of the cloth partat the point ofjuncture and vertically seamed in line with the in- 5o clined seam o f the cloth part, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

I THOMAS B. FARRINGTON.

Witnesses:

E. P. GREEN, O. J. BAILEY.v 

